News from April 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Joint Committee on Taxation Comprehensive Roundtable Discussion on tax reform...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Ranking Member Senator Pat Roberts, R-KS, today announced assignments for the Committee’s five subcommittees for the 112th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Clear Spring, Maryland - McCoy's Ferry Campground will be closing at 11 am on Friday, April 15, 2011, in preparation for the C&O Canal Pride Days volunteer event at the site. The campground will reopen to the public on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Volunteers will be working with park staff to improve the camping facility. Improvements will include new grills, fire rings, picnic tables, and additional parking.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Republicans today rejected an amendment authored by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) that would preserve EPA’s ability to increase the efficiency of cars, trucks, planes, trains and ships, thereby reducing our dependence on foreign oil. The amendment was made to the Upton Dirty Air Act that would overturn the scientific finding that dangerous carbon pollution is harming the planet and our people and would increase foreign oil imports.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and EPW Committee Members released the following statement in response to the Senate's rejection of four proposals that would interfere with the implementation of the Clean Air Act and block the Environmental ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Measure Puts Families First, Stops EPA From Driving up Gasoline and Energy Prices, Harming Job Creation
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders today touted the need for the Energy Tax Prevention Act, H.R. 910, to protect American jobs and keep gas and energy prices from rising even higher. Committee members urged their colleagues in the House of Representatives to join them in supporting H.R. 910 to stop the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to unilaterally impose greenhouse gas regulations to address climate change.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Measure Puts Families First, Stops EPA From Driving up Gasoline and Energy Prices, Harming Job Creation
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee that has jurisdiction over trade, called today’s announcement on a trade agreement between the United States and Colombia long overdue, but welcome news to American workers, famers and job creators. Hatch said...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Indians and Alaska Native Affairs held a legislative hearing today on H.R. 887, introduced by Subcommittee Chairman Don Young (AK-At Large) and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), to cap attorney fees on the Cobell vs. Salazar Settlement Agreement at $50 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today commended teams from six cities across the country for developing comprehensive plans to reduce youth violence in their communities. Mayors, U.S. Attorneys and other officials from Boston; Chicago; Detroit; Memphis, Tenn.; Salinas, Calif.; and San Jose, Calif. presented their plans at the Summit on Preventing Youth Violence, April 4-5, in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Securitas GmbH Werkschutz has paid the United States 6,529,042 Euros (approximately $9.1 million) to settle allegations that the German company billed the Army, under contracts to provide security at U.S. Army installations in Germany, for guard hours not actually worked, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Verizon Communications Inc. has paid the United States $93,525,410.96 in order to resolve allegations that the company overcharged the General Services Administration (GSA) on invoices dealing with government-wide voice and data telecommunications services contracts, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: BAGHDAD – The Governments of Iraq and the United States of America held their first meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) for Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation under the auspices of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A 10-count federal indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of Virginia charging Stephen Bekale, Reynaldo “Christian” Villarroel, Maritza Villarroel, Irma DeMartini and Jamal Ibraheem with conspiring to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Tuesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 15, 2011. The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: On April 4, 2011, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $5 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. Following are the results of the auction: TDF Auction ID: A17 Competitive Amount Offered: $5,000,000,000 Competitive Amount Tendered: $10,988,490,000 Competitive Amount ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: CommerceConnect business assistance initiatives in Austin and Dallas are two of 16 to launch this year Following the launch of its Michigan office last September, the U.S. Commerce Department’s CommerceConnect is expanding into Austin and Dallas, Texas – two of 16 regions where the service is being launched this year.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: First meeting to be held April 19-20, open to public WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the appointment of 15 new members to the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, which will hold an open meeting on April 19 and 20 at the U.S. Department of Labor's headquarters in Washington.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 5, 2011
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
